Hose protector



. 1,640,276 1927' E. HOENISCH HOSE PROTECTOR Filed Nov. 5, 9

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UNITED STATES EAR/NEST HOENISCI-I, F WAUSAU, WISCONSIN.

HOSE PROTECTOR.

Application filed November 5, 1926. Serial No. 146,491.

This invention relates to a protecting device tor fire hose. The object is to provide a sectional metallic bridge to lie over a fire hose ina roadway and permit vehicles, to pass over the same during the play of a stream or streams of water on a fire in a building along the roadway. Commonly, during lire, vehicular tralrle is held up frequently for several hours by the police to prevent running over a firehose trained across a roadway from a distant fire plug.

My invention is designed to provide a device which can be carried on the hose carriage or engine and immediately on training the hose across a roadway can be applied to cover the hose and protect it from damage by vehicular traffic, thus preventing unnecessary delay to persons having urgent business and not needed at the scene of the fire. My invention consists of a par of metal bridges preferably made of punched sheet metal of sutlicient section to withstand the transit of an automobile or carriage, connected by several jointed bars so as to space them contormably to the tires of a vehicle, thereby permitting the passage over them or heavy vehicles without damage to the hose. The invention, therefore. in its broadest phase comprises a pair of arched bridges to protect fire hose from damage by vehicular trarlic. It further comprises such a combination with a jointed connecting frame by which it may be snugly folded and supported when not in use.

The invention will be more fully described the accompanying specification and will be specifically covered in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is an isometric view showing my device.

Figure 2 is a similar enlarged view showing the device folded into compact form for storing when not in use. 7

Figure 3 is an end elevation showing the arched form of my device.

igure l is a longitudinalsectional detail.

Referring now in detail to the drawings the device consists of two members 1 and 1 preferably formed of heavy punched sheet ing over them.

metal in arched form with two fiat sections 2, 2, one or both of which may have a hole 3, 3 for a spike to fix it firmly to a roadway. Two parallel ribs 4, e are formed as a protruding ridge to direct a driver in pass Each section 2, 2 has a hinge 5, 5 at one end by which it may be connected with a plurality of short hinged sections 6, C 8 which are flat strips with curled ends to s an a pintle 9 and form a joint, the curled ends being so related that when the two parts 2, 2 are folded together a compact assembly will be etl ected as indicated in Figure ,2, with the connecting hinged strips snugly folded together, form ing of the entire outfit a unitary device which may be secured against detachment by a chain 10 linked over one member and passed through a pair of holes 3, 3 to form a compact mass and a hook bywhich it may be supported on a hose truck or other piece of fire apparatus.

It will be apparent that I have provided cheap and simple device which will be of material benefit to fire departments of cities in protecting a hose and will speed up the tratfic by permitting Vehicles to move over a line of hose during a fire withoutdamage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An arched rigid bridge protector for a fire hose comprising a Jair of bridges connected by folding links and. oi a width when in service to permit the tires of vehicle to pass over without damage to the hose,

2. A plurality of arched metallic brid to protect a fire hose, connected by folding links to permit compact assembly, and a chain passing through the two parts to Jermit them to be hung up as a unit.

3. A pair of rigid arched lire hose protectors each having two lengthwise integral ribs to act as wheel guides, toldable links.

EABNEST HOENISCH. 

